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Another Country Heard From As the holiday season slips into the rear view mirror, another season looms large for public companies —- proxy season. Adding to the ever-growing chorus of demands for increased transparency by public companies on cybersecurity and privacy matters, institutional shareholders have recently begun to contribute their own distinctive voices to the discussion. One powerful tool being deployed in this regard by institutional shareholders is the ability to require public companies to include certain shareholder proposals in proxy statements for shareholder meetings. This right allows public company shareholders who jump through the procedural and substantive hoops created by Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to air their concerns publicly and directly through the company’s own proxy statement, and to require that a vote be taken at the meeting on their proposals, alongside the company’s own … [Read more...] about On the Third Day of Privacy, the Shareholders Gave to Me…Shareholder Proposals on Cybersecurity and Privacy

What can companies and insurers expect in the new year when it comes to cyber liability insurance coverage ? While we wait for some court decisions interpreting these new stand-alone cyber liability insurance policies that are being heavily pushed in the market, there are some steps a company can take now to make sure the scope of their insurance coverage is consistent with their expectations.With many insurers now entering the market looking to make a profit on this new coverage, the question is: how broad is this new coverage – really?For example, did you know that a frequent gap in coverage associated with these new stand-alone cyber liability insurance policies relates to dispersal of sensitive data through acts of company employees? If the employee’s actions are intentional, many policies expressly exclude employee breaches, and otherwise, an insurer may be able to assert that coverage is precluded on account of the conduct exclusion, … [Read more...] about On the Fourth Day of Privacy, My Insurance Carrier Gave to Me…Gaps in My Cyber Liability Coverage

The Madras High Court has made some serious observations against people in “black and white” dress acting as hooligans while holding the Bar Council of India for institutionalizing mediocrity in the profession by randomly granting approval to law colleges and creating disproportion in demand and supply of lawyers in the society. Justice N Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court made some scathing observations against the unsavoury system in place in India where getting a law degree from “letter pad colleges” is a common practice and asked BCI on what basis it has increased number of law colleges in India which stood at 800 (in 2014) against the needed 175 colleges in 2010.The court delved in to the issue of lawyers acting as hooligans while dealing with a petition moved by second year MBBS students of Annai Medical College and Hospital which was started only last year. The students have petitioned that they be absorbed in government institutions as the … [Read more...] about Madras HC Shuns Goondas Taking Avatar Of Advocates, Blames BCI For Mediocrity In Legal Profession [Read Orders]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Information Commission to maintain record of its daily orders.“The functioning of the CIC must be transparent, and it is necessary that a record of daily proceedings be maintained. Even, if the hearing is concluded on a single date, the order sheet maintained on that day should clearly reflect that the hearing is concluded, although the decision may be rendered, subsequently,” Justice Vibhu Bakhru observed.Hearing a Petition filed by RTI Activist R.K. Jain, the Court refused to accept the CIC’s contention that there was no need to maintain such record as most of the cases are decided on the basis of a single hearing.It noted that the CIC had, in December last year, filed certain documents which included a proforma of the order sheet. “Attention of this Court has also been drawn to order dated 23.03.2016, which indicates that the learned counsel for the CIC had unequivocally stated that the CIC is willing to maintain … [Read more...] about Maintain Record Of Daily Orders, Upload Within 3 Days: Delhi HC To CIC [Read Order]

No student has any sort of right to obstruct other eligible students from entering the class rooms or the portals of a college under the guise of strike, agitation, or ‘dharna’, Justice Chitambaresh said holding that Right to higher education is a Human right.Justice Chitambaresh of Kerala High Court has delivered yet another landmark judgment which has the potential to change the course of campus life in colleges in Kerala. The Kerala High Court has categorically held that no student has any sort of right to obstruct other eligible students from entering the class rooms or the portals of a college under the guise of strike, agitation or ‘dharna’.Delivering the Judgment in a writ petition filed by law students of CUSAT, the Court observed that the law colleges are now the most sought after institutions for the students to pursue their education and it involves a more serious imparting of education to the students which the Universities and the law colleges in … [Read more...] about Kerala HC asks campus politicians not to obstruct other students from attending classes during ‘strikes’ [Read Judgment]

The Department of Sociology, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab is organizing a National Conference on “ Indian Society and Emerging Social Issues” An Interdisciplinary Exploration on 23rd April 2016. This National Conference aims at understanding contemporary social issues in Indian society. The conference shall be a shared Dais for Academicians, Researchers, Administrators, Adjudicators and the Students, whereby all the possible perspectives and challenges will be explored in order to provide workable solutions for emerging social problems in Indian society. Sub ‐ Themes The National Conference on Indian Society and Emerging Social Issues shall bolster discussions on the following sub themes:Cyber crime and social security and Redefining security Sanctity of social institutions in contemporary India: Family and Marriage Gender and Indian society:Perspectives and Challenges Environmental degradation and issues related to … [Read more...] about RGNUL to host one day National Conference

About the Training Course:Centre for Advanced Research in Dispute Settlement (CARDS) set up at Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam is scheduled to conduct a 3- Day Training Course on International Arbitration from 25th October, 2016 to 27th October 2016. The course is designed to provide its takers a structured learning experience starting with an Introductory Session on Day-1, followed by an intensive session on International Arbitration Agreement(s) and Procedures & Appointments in International Arbitration on Day-2 and ending on Day-3 with a session on International Arbitral Award. There would also be a Special Session on “Career Prospects in International Arbitration” by Mentors from Project Abhimanyu.The speakers for this course shall be Partners, Senior Associates and Associates from some of India’s top law firms such as Economic Laws Practice, Luthra & Luthra, Khaitan & Co., JSA and Shardul Amarchand and Mangaldas. All … [Read more...] about CARDS, DSNLU’s 3 Day Arbitration Training

About the Seminar:NUJS is organizing one day National Seminar on GST and Centre-States Financial Relations. The Seminar intends to bring together the major actors and stakeholders like bureaucrats, judges, lawyers, academics, industrialists at a common platform so that a productive discussion and proposition of solutions can be achieved in an academic atmosphere. Themes of the Seminar: Historical Background of GST; Making of the 101st Amendment and the relevant laws Co-operative federalism States’ fiscal autonomy. GST Council-its place and status in the constitution. Dispute settlement in GST Council and the Supreme Court. Best practices in other countries vis-à-vis India with reference to GST The big and peripheral changes: emerging trends Eligibility:It is open to all concerned bureaucrats, lawyers, stakeholders, academicians, judges, researchers and students.Paper writing and presentation: Papers are invited from all the stakeholders.Only selected … [Read more...] about One day National Seminar on GST and Centre-States Financial Relations by NUJS

In pursuance to the Supreme Court’s last week decision granting 15 days for lawyers enrolled with any state bar council to cure the defects in their applications for verification of their LLB degrees, the Bar Council of Delhi has issued a notice with a list of 1,300 advocates whose LLB degrees/ certificate are not clear or not available with the Bar Council.In a notice posted on August 30, the Bar Council of Delhi said, “Reference Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated August 23, 2017, in transferred case titled Ajayinder Sangwan Vs Bar Council of Delhi & Ors… the following advocates are requested to submit their LLB degree certificates on or before September 13, 2017, on any working day.”The notice has 1,300 entries/ names of advocates, whose LLB degree is not available with enrolment and verification form or the LLB degree certificate is not legible.One can go on the bar council’s website and check her or his status.An advertisement to this effect … [Read more...] about Verification: Delhi Bar Council Gives List Of 1,300 Advocates With No Or Illegible LLB Certificate, To Cure Defect By Sept 13 [Read Notice]

A division bench of Justices G S Sistani and Vinod Goel of the Delhi High Court has asked the Government of Delhi and the Delhi police which comes under the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) to file a reply in a writ petition filed by Fatima Nafees, mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed. According to the petition, her 27 year old son Ahmed was a student of MSc. Biotechnology (1st Year) Jawaharlal Nehru University. He called her at around 2:30 am in the morning of October 15, and informed her of something had happened to him. Worried about Najeeb, Fatima left for Delhi with her second son Mujeeb. Upon reaching Delhi she called her son again and told him she will be coming to his hostel room, Najeeb confirmed that he was at his hostel. But after reaching room no. 106 in Mahi Mandavi hostel of JNU between 12-1 pm on October 15, Fatima discovered that her son had gone missing. Fatima also found out from other students that Najeeb was beaten by members of the Akhil Bhartiya … [Read more...] about JNU Student Najeeb Ahmed’s Mother Files Petition In Delhi HC, Court Issues Notice [Read Petition]